Knitted sweater



Nov. 11, 1930. A. M. LOWENTHAL 1,781,647

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INVENTOR flribur ff Kan 61M! Zak ATTORNEY Patented Nov. 11, 1930 UNITED STATES & sons, A COPARTNERSHIP CONSISTING or HARRY M. 'LOWENTHALQEUGEI'IEVM. LOWENTHAL AND ARTHUR MrLownN'rHAL K TTED SWEATER V Application filedDecembe r 14, 1927. Serial No. 240,028.

The present invention relates to knitted sweaters and an object thereof is to improve the neck portion of the sweater so that'a more ornamental and durable neck portionis obtained. Another object of the invention is to provide a neck portion ofa sweater which will lie in a'flat condition without any wrinkling or. buckling. A still further object of the invention is to provide a construction which gives a stronger structure at the shoulder seam between theback and the front of the sweater. Still another object of the invention is to provide a neck portion of knitted material which extends to the sleeve seams and serves to prevent the distortion or undue expansion of the shoulder seam of the sweater. Still another object of the invention is to provide a knitted strip extending between the two sleeve seams of the sweater separate from the main body of the sweater and serving to prevent the undue spreading of the sweater between the sleeves.

To these and other ends, the invention cons sists of certain parts and combinations of 'parts, all of which will be hereinafter described: the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings I Fig. 1 is a face view of a sweater constructed in accordance with this invention; 7

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of the upper portion of the back of the sweater; and

Fig. 3 shows the knitted back strip and neck strip separate from the sweater butunited.

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, the body of the sweater embodies a front 1 and a back 2 both formed of knitted fabric of half cardigan stitch in the form of a tube.

This type of sweater body has a tendency to expand sidewise and when the front and back are seamed or stitched together at the shoulder there is a tendency for the shoulder of the sweater to expand or stretch considerably at the shoulder seam, particularly when the f sweater is provided with sleeves, such as 3,

of tubular knitted fabric sewed or stitched at 4 to the body of the garment. Further when the body portion is made in tubular form, its lower edge 5 is selvaged while its upper edge at the shoulder seam is required to be finished.

According to this invention, the extreme PATENT OFF/1C1- ARTHUR m. LowEN'rHAL, or noonns'rnn, New YORK, ASSIGNOR 'ro MAX LOWENTHAL stret'ehing at the shoulder seam is eliminated. f

In addition, a neck portion is provided which makes possible the production ofan ornamental border which lies at a flat conditionfree from wrinkling or buckling. I i

In the illustrated embodiment of the invention, a separately knitted strip 6 is provided which may be full cardigan, racked or otherwise, and this strip is seamed ,or stitched at 7 to the back 2 so as to extend the full distance 7 between the seams 4 of the sleeves 3. *It is stitched at its ends to said sleeves. This strip prevents the back. stretching at the shoulder seam.

I The front 1 of, the sweater body has a substantially V shaped notch 8 cut. therein and' the edges of this notch have attached thereto a neck piece of novel construction. This neck piece is so formed that it may lie in aflat condition without buckling or wrinkling. It .also extends preferably to the sleeve seams and separates the front portion 1 from the shoulder seam. In this instance,

"this ineck piece embodies a central portion 9 at the front of the neck recess, two diverging portions 10 on opposite sides of the centralportion andtwo outwardly extending portions 11 at the ends of the diverging portion. The center portion 9 and the diverging portions 10 are stitchedto, the walls of the recess 8, and the outwardly extending portions 11 are stitched at 12 to the upper'edges of the frontand-at '13 to the upper edge of the knitted strip 6 to form the shoulderseam. The ends of the outwardlyextendingportions 11 are also stitched to the sleeves 3. This neck-strip is preferably-knitted with a cardigan stitch, its end portions. llfbeing racked every half round and separated by full round rackings 14 frointhe diverging portions 10 which are also racked every half round. Inzorder to get or obtain an angular of course, the end portions 10 and 11 could be produced by full round rackings but in this event the portions 9 and 1-22 must be produced by full round rackings. The direc tion of which the knittedstri p turns or bends depends on the direction in which the machine is racked, all of which will be under- 7 stood by those skilled in theart.

From the foregoing it willbe seen that there has been provided a neck piece knitted to the shape of the neck so that it will lie .neatly about the neck. The finishing of the sweater at the neck with any form of mitre seam is done away with, and the shoulder seam is formed by two strips, one secured to thefront of the sweater and the other secardigan racked, and diverging side portions half cardigan racked knitted to the central portion, the ends of the strip being situated at points removed from the central portion.

6. In a sweater, the combination with a knitted body provided with a substantially V shaped recess in its front, and sleeves stitched to said body, of a one piece knitted neck-strip stitched to the edge-of said recess and having a central portion andvtwo upwardly diverging side portions stitched to the walls of the recess, and also having outwardly extending portions lying between the front and the: back of the sweater and stitched at opposite'ends of the strip to the sleeves, the central portion having a differentracking than the divergingportions, and the outwardly extending. portions having the same vrackings as, the diverging portions but separated from saiddiverging portions by portions having a different racking from that of both the diverging and end portions. ARTHUR M. LOWENTHAL.

cess in itsfront :and sleeves seamed to this body, of a separately knitted one piece strip stitched tovthe edges of said recess and extending between the upper portions of the *back andfiofithel front ofthe body of the sweater to the sleeve seams. v p

2. In a sweater, the combination with a body formed with a central neck recess in its front, sleeves stitched to toe body, a separately knitted strip stitched to the upper edge r of the back of the body and also stitched at its ends to the sleeve, and another separately knitted strip stitched to the edges of the neck recess, and extending between the upper portion of the front of the body, and the first mentioned separately knitted strip, being stitched to the front of the body, to the sleeves and-to the first mentioned strip.

3. In a sweater, the combination with a knitted body formed with a central neck recess in its front and sleeves stitched to the body, of a separately knitted one piece strip having angular arranged portions stitched to the walls of the recess and the ends of the strip being situated at the sleeve seams.

4. In a sweater, the combination with a knitted body provided with a substantially V shaped recess in its front, of a one-piece knitted neck strip stitched to the edges of said recess and having a central portion and two upwardly diverging-side portions knitted thereto, the central portion having a different racking from the upwardly diverging side portions and the ends of the strips being situated at pointsremoved from the'central portion.

5. In a sweater, the combination with a knitted body providedwith a substantially V shaped recess in its front, of a one piece knitted neck'strip stitched to the edges of said recess and having acentral portion full 

